The nauseating and addicting gawk-fest that is Toddlers & Tiaras is back!

TLC's hit series has received a tidal wave of publicity, much of it negative, thanks to Paisley Dickey, or more likely the mom of Paisley Dickey, who dresses her as Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, or as a sexy cop, depending on her mood.

But, as we learned in the season opener, it's not meant to be sexy.

It is, however, meant to exploit the kids for the parents' gain. Let's be honest. Mom Katie even admits, "I had the children so we could do the pageants."

That sums it up right there. Girls are shown in glitz and glamour beyond their comprehension, so that the mothers can live vicariously through them.

Even if that means hair extensions, heavy makeup and racy costumes.

Katie and her husband Robert look no further than RuPaul for inspiration with some of their drag routines. Seriously, it has to be seen to be believed.

"We take a lot of our inspiration from RuPaul. He's our favorite queen," she says.

Bob, 6, and Riley, 5, thus learn to be fierce, whether they'd like to or not. Bob (yes, a boy named Bob) even lets his mom glue fake eyelashes on him.

Scarred for life, that's all we can say.

Some big drama popped up when Katie's husband nixed RuPaul's music for Riley's talent routine, only to see another contestant strut to Ru's "Cover Girl."

In case you're wondering if Lady Gaga made an appearance, not last night. But, "I've had her perform 'Poker Face' on the bar at Applebee's," she says.

"It's not like people threw dollars at her or anything. She's not a stripper."

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breadmaker•December 08, 2011 14:16

The little girl in the pic has a very large nose...must have rhinoplasty!!!! (strictly tongue in cheek for those who might miss the sarcasm). I really find this program disturbing if not outright disgusting,and I have visions of perverts gawking at their TVs, someone is oviously watching or they would not have the ratings. What can we do to get this off the air?

Luv•December 08, 2011 11:06

It is my observation that most of these moms are very unattractive women who want to live vicariously through their "pretty little girls". These parents need to stop trying to make their children something that "they" wanted to be.

anne•December 08, 2011 09:30

With all the publicity currently about sexual exploitation of children, you wonder why people like this don't see the correlation. It astounds me that they have not been investigated by authorities. She "had the children in order to do pageants?" What utter trash!